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' Letters Patent No. 97,161, dated November 23, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN BEE-MOTH IIN'STRIJilIIElJ'TSl` The Schedule referred to in -these Letters Patent 'and making part o! the same.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, 1t. I); BUTTLES, of Mansfield,

in the county of Tioga, and State of Pennsylvania,

have invented certain new'and nsefnl Improvements in Bee-Moth Instruments; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof', reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, like letters indicatinglike parts wberevrr they occur.

To enable others skilled in the art to construct and use my invention, I will proceed to describe it.

My invention relates to devices for removing mothworms, and everything pertaining to them, from beehives, and consists in the novel construction of a set of instruments especially adapted and suitable forl the purposes. l l

In the drawings- Figures 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 12, 14, `and 16, are side views; i

Figure 3 is an end view of lig. 2;

Figure 6V is an end view of lig. 5;

Figure 8 is an end view of Iig. 7;

Figure 11 is an end view of lig. 10; and v Figures 13, 15, and 17, are views of parts detached 4of figs. 12, 14, and 16, respectively.

The object of my invention is to furnish the bee.- keeper with a set of instruments especially adapted to work in the crevices where the moth deposits its eggs, to cnt ,away its gallelies or coverings, and to desti-oy and exterminate this pestierous vermin.

These instruments I make of any suitable metal, in the form clearly shown in the figures. V

The point A, of'iustrument shown in iig. 1, is sharp and barbed, for the purpose of penetrating the body ofthe moth, and drawing it from its burrowsror other places of concealment. f

On the end of the instrument shown in fig. 2, and forming a part of it, I placea dat metallic head, B, shaped as shown in Athe figure, for the purpose of scraping along flat surfaces, and with one corner, a, suitable for working in corners or angles.

The ends of the instruments shown in figs. 4, 5, and 7, are adapted for chiselling, cutting, and working about the combs, so as to remove the covering of the linoth, without unnecessary injury to the work of the bees, while the. ends of those shown in'figs. 9 and 10 are shaped into novel forms ohooks, bot-h for cutting away the work ofthe moth and seizing'and removing them.

Besides these, I make a seriesofftongs or pincers, in the form shown in figs. 12, 14, and 16, and .with their ends, shaped as shown in figs. 13, 15, and 17. These may be used for removing the eggs, worms, and debris from the hives, and from the edges, crevices, cracks, and holes about them.

lVith the aid of my instruments, a careful and watchful bee-keeper may not only rid his hives of these vermin, but'keep them entirely free from their mischievous work, and thus save his bees from being entirely destroyed, or compelled to abandon the hives in despair.

Having thus described my invention,

What I claim, is-

As newarticles of manufacture, a set of instruments, substantially as herein described, for use in the rearing and management of bees.

Witnesses: 1t. P. BUTTLES.

1). V. CLAR K M. L. CLARK. 

